adpetisse
Dictionary entries
- Entry →adpeto, adpetere, adpetivi, adpetitus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
seek/grasp after, desire; assail; strive eagerly/long for; approach, near;
perf. act. infin. - Entry →adpetisso, adpetissere, -, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
seek eagerly after;
sg. pres. act. imp. 2nd - —
Syncopated perfect often drops the 'v' and contracts vowel
Examples
- A
Liber XI
Aulus Gellius
"...repudiaritis, abesse non potest, quin aut olim cupide adpetisse aut nunc temere repudiasse dicamini". IV. Cursus igitur..." - L
Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...Iugurtham per Africae deserta sequeretur, tot pericula putas adpetisse virtutis instinctu? Marius exercitus, Marium ambitio ducebat. Isti..." - G
Liber I
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...putarent. Ariovistum se consule cupidissime populi Romani amicitiam adpetisse; cur hunc tam temere quisquam ab officio discessurum iudicaret..."
